Agenda - Education

House Committee on Education
April 27, 2022 9:00 a.m. Room 1
Adjourned

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
	HCR23	LANCE HARRIS	SCHOOLS/FINANCE-MFP - Provides for legislative approval of the MFP formula for FY 2022-2023 (EN +$108,165,219 EX See Note)
	HCR81	MINCEY	EDUCATION - Creates the Workforce Opportunity and Readiness Task Force to study and report relative to workforce readiness programs and activities in public schools
	HB47	EDMONSTON	VACCINES/VACCINATION - Requires that any communication issued to students or their parents or guardians relative to immunization requirements include exemption information
	HB195	FREEMAN	SCHOOLS - Requires public schools to provide free menstrual products in easily accessible locations (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note) (RE INCREASE SG EX See Note)
	HB214	NELSON	TEACHERS/CERTIFICATION - Requires passage of a reading instruction test as a condition of teacher certification in elementary education (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
	HB222	MARCELLE	STUDENT/DISCIPLINE - Provides relative to out-of-school suspensions and expulsions of public school students (EGF INCREASE LF EX See Note)
	HB244	MINCEY	SCHOOLS - Provides relative to public school calendar requirements
	HB269	NELSON	STUDENTS - Prohibits promotion to the fourth grade of certain students whose reading deficiencies have not been remedied by the end of the third grade (RE1 INCREASE LF EX See Note)
	HB364	MCKNIGHT	HIGHER EDUCATION - Provides relative to disciplinary proceedings for students enrolled in public postsecondary education institutions and student-led organizations
	HB367	BRASS	SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES - Requires teachers or other school employees placed on administrative leave during a law enforcement investigation to remain on leave at least until the completion of the investigation by the law enforcement agency
	HB423	MINCEY	VOTING/REGISTRATION - Requires public school governing authorities to provide high school seniors the opportunity to register to vote
	HB516	MANDIE LANDRY	EDUCATION - Requires each governing authority of a public high school to adopt policies regarding attendance, breastfeeding, and child care for students who are pregnant or parenting
	HB526	EDMONDS	SCHOOLS/FINANCE - Requires school boards to post certain fiscal information on their websites (RE +$232,710 GF EX See Note)
	HB617	MINCEY	EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY - Creates the Reimagine Accountability Commission to study and report findings and recommendations relative to the school and district accountability system
	HB649	HILFERTY	STUDENT/DISCIPLINE - Provides relative to corporal punishment in elementary and secondary schools
	HB688	PHELPS	SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES - Provides relative to sabbatical leave for teachers
	HB865	NELSON	CURRICULA - Provides relative to textbooks and instructional materials used in reading instruction
	HB911	HUGHES	EDUCATION - Provides relative to early literacy (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
	HB927	SELDERS	SCHOOLS - Authorizes a tuition increase at Louisiana State University Laboratory School and Southern University Laboratory School
	HB970	MALINDA WHITE	EARLY CHILDHOOD - Creates an early childhood literacy program for the purpose of delivering an age-appropriate book monthly to eligible children under the age of five (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
	HB1025	MINCEY	EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY - Provides relative to the administration of the ACT and the school and district accountability system
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS

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A. Any interested person or any committee member may file with the committee a prepared statement concerning a specific instrument or matter under consideration by the committee or concerning any matter within the committee's scope of authority, and the committee records shall reflect receipt of such statement and the date and time thereof.

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NOTE: Statements emailed to h-educ@legis.la.gov and received prior to noon on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, will be distributed to the committee members prior to the meeting.